The human genome is approximately 3 billion basepairs in size.a. Using standard 8.5″ × 11″ paper with one-inch margins, a 12-point font size, and single-spaced lines, howmany sheets of paper printed on one side would berequired to print out the human genome?b. A ream of 500 sheets of paper is about 5 cm thick.How tall would the stack of paper with the entirehuman genome be?c. Would you want a backpack, shopping cart, or asemitrailer truck to haul around this stack?

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 The human genome is approximately 3 billion base
pairs in size.
a. Using standard 8.5″ × 11″ paper with one-inch margins, a 12-point font size, and single-spaced lines, how
many sheets of paper printed on one side would be
required to print out the human genome?
b. A ream of 500 sheets of paper is about 5 cm thick.
How tall would the stack of paper with the entire
human genome be?
c. Would you want a backpack, shopping cart, or a
semitrailer truck to haul around this stack?

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